"pir" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Persian پیر (pir).",
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          "text": "1894, D. C. Baillie, Census of India, 1891, Volume 16, Part 1, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, page 217,\nThe five Pirs are not the only Muhammadan martyrs who are worshipped."
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          "text": "Also I learned from the pirs (holy men) and mullahs that someday the entire world will be converted to Islam.",
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        "A Muslim holy man or religious leader, especially Sufi."
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